World-writable temporary directory vulnerability in Corel Word Perfect 8 for Linux

CVE-1999-1173 · LOW Severity

AV:L/AC:L/AU:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Corel Word Perfect 8 for Linux creates a temporary working directory with world-writable permissions, which allows local users to (1) modify Word Perfect behavior by modifying files in the working directory, or (2) modify files of other users via a symlink attack.

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